Friday, August 28, 2009

A Moral End Cannnot Justify an Immoral Means

There is no goal or objective that can justify the initiation of the use of violence or the threat of violence. There is no moral end that can justify an immoral means.

Before going over an example, let's put aside unrealistic questions such as "is it immoral for a starving man near death to steal some food to stay alive if there is no alternative for him?"

Taxation is coerced, coercion is not coercion without the threat of violence and the ultimate use of violence if challenged. Therefore, taxation is violence.

Roads, defense, health care, helping the poor, whatever the well-intentioned program, is financed and carried out thru taxation which is the threat of violence that will actually come to violence if challenged.

No end can justify the initiation of violence as a means.

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